On this southern tour, only the Crown Prince, Si Beile and Thirteenth Brother accompanied him.
The southern tour was the next best thing.
Zhu Rui was very curious about Kangxi's order for his thirteenth elder brother to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai on his behalf.
Since ancient times, sacrifices to Mount Tai have been done by the emperor himself.
Although the bamboo basket is superstitious from a modern perspective, in ancient times, it was a symbol of power.
If Kangxi's move does not have deep meaning, the bamboo basket is still a symbol of power.
I don't quite believe it.
The vast team set off.
Zhu Rui was just a palace maid, so she had to stay in the car all day long, but she could hear the excitement outside, the cries of the people, the chaotic sound of horse hooves, and the sound of rolling wheels, but she didn't know what it was like.
In the same carriage as Zhu Rui was the palace maid named Hongshuang who was transferred to the imperial palace this time and was sent to serve tea.
Hongshuang previously worked as an errand in the Yanxi Palace of Concubine Yi, and her appearance was also outstanding.
After getting along with her for a few days, Zhu Rui also got a feel for her temperament.
Although she was a bit harsh, as long as she followed her, there was nothing wrong with her. of.
Fortunately, Zhu Rui has a lazy temperament.
Even if Hong Shuang sometimes says a few words, Zhu Rui will not refute her.
After turning to the waterway, Zhu Rui felt refreshed.
In the past, when driving and riding every day, I always felt that my whole body was covered with dust.
I had been in a state of temper for the previous two days, but after sitting for a long time, I felt that my body was falling apart and my interest was gone.
Now that we have boarded the boat, the river breeze is blowing against our faces with water vapor, and there is less noise on land, so it couldn't be more comfortable.
Because Zhu Rui was from the Qianqing Palace, he was placed on the dragon boat.
At first, he was worried that he would get seasick.
Fortunately, the boat was stable and smooth.
Zhu Rui got used to it in just half a day and felt no discomfort.
The prince, Sibeile and the thirteenth elder brother were not on the same boat as Kangxi.
There were other ships following the imperial boat.
Come to think of it, since I was transferred to Qianqing Palace, I have never seen any of those elder brothers.
Even the thirteenth elder brother who accompanied me this time has never been seen.
It was already the fourth day after boarding the ship when I saw Brother Thirteen again.
Zhu Rui had just been replaced, and he was about to go back to his room to rest.
If he didn't go back to his room, he would have nowhere to go.
The emperor was on a boat.
You were wandering around, but you saw another boat approaching.
The person coming from that boat was not the Thirteenth Brother.
Who is it again?
Brother Thirteen also saw the bamboo basket and smiled.
Zhu Rui bowed from a distance and stood there waiting for Brother Thirteen to come over.
"I'm going back to my room to rest," Brother Thirteen said with a smile.
"Well, you shouldn't be on duty at night."
Zhu Ji replied obediently.
On Kangxi's ship, she didn't dare to say "you" and "I" in her mouth.
Who would hear this?
She would be "rude and disrespectful."
"If you take off the big hat, your life will be gone.
She doesn't want to die that much."
Brother Thirteen said: "This is not the place to talk.
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You go ahead.
I will look for you when we get to the shore."
Zhu Rui bowed and left.
This was not in the palace, it was just a small place on the ship.
I'm sure Kangxi would know that he had spoken to the Thirteenth Brother now.
In the next few days, Zhu Rui still lived a life of two o'clock and one line of work, either in his room, in Kangxi's cabin, or on the way to his duty.
Speaking of which, although the prince, Sibeile and the thirteenth elder brother went to Kangxi every day to pay their respects, I never saw any of them.
I think it was because I was studying under Kangxi, so Hongshuang often saw the three of them.
Because of this, she was still proud of herself in front of her.
She only saw that she was neither envious nor jealous, neither salty nor salty.
After a few times, she mentioned it less.
I don’t know how long we have been traveling.
A young eunuch said that we were almost in Shandong.
Hearing this, Zhu Rui felt excited.
He could finally set foot on land.
Sitting in the cabin, he was almost suffocated to death.
He only saw so many people every day. , even the route is the same every day, it would be strange if it’s not boring Although the hotels in Dezhou are far inferior to the Forbidden City, they are already quite large in scale and cannot be compared to the private portals.
Along the way, although Zhu Rui reported to the emperor every day and had some verbal exchanges with Kang Xi, he only asked her which book to bring to him, and nothing else.
The prince's illness came suddenly, and the palace suddenly became noisy.
But the bamboo basket is still the same as before.
When it is time to be on duty, it will go to Kangxi's place to be on duty, and when it is not supposed to be on duty, it will go back to the house to grow mushrooms.
Looking at Kangxi's expression, he didn't see too much anxiety.
He was reading and reviewing papers as usual.
Only occasionally would the imperial doctor Xuan come to ask questions, and Zhu Ji probably heard that the prince's illness was just a minor illness such as acclimatization.
Just cultivate yourself, it’s not a big deal.
That day Kangxi came back.
For some reason, his face was not frosty.
Zhu Rui didn't know what had happened, so he became more careful in serving him.
After Kangxi sat for a while, a chamberlain presented today's booklet.
Before approving a few copies, Kangxi suddenly dropped the booklet in his hand to the ground.
The room was already extremely quiet, but now the sound of the folds falling to the ground became louder and clearer.
Along with Kangxi's heavy breathing and the anger that could not be concealed around him, everyone in the room knelt down.
Only Kangxi said: "Okay, okay, this is a good job."
Then he said to the chamberlain just now, "Go and ask Suo'etu to come see me."
The chamberlain Nuonuo was ordered to leave, and Suo'etu was not among those accompanying him.
Could it be that Kangxi wanted him to come from the capital?
Don't wait for Zhu Rui to think about it again.
Kangxi said again: "Pass the order, and the prince will stay in the palace."
Recuperate while the others set off tomorrow."
Maybe he was tired.
Kangxi had settled in early that day.
Zhu Rui left the room and felt that his hanging heart finally dropped.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Hongshuang was on night duty today.
When Zhu Rui returned, she saw the room was dark and thought to herself, this girl doesn't know how to leave a light for herself.
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Zhu Rui pushed the door and went in.
Just after closing the door, someone covered her mouth from behind.
She tried to open the door, but the door was already firmly held by that person.
"It's me."
Brother Thirteen's voice sounded from behind his ears.
Seeing that Zhu Rui didn't struggle anymore, he put down his hand.
Zhu Rui relaxed his guard, turned around and said, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?
You scared me."
With that, he went to turn on the lamp in the dark.
The Thirteenth Brother stopped her and said: "Don't turn on the lamp now.
Listen to me.
The prince was not feeling well the day before yesterday and punished the maid in charge, which made the Emperor's Majesty angry.
The Emperor's Majesty has been angry these past two days.
Please be careful. , don’t be in a daze all day.”
"You came here just to remind me of this."
Zhu Rui didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"You've been a useless girl all day, and somehow you were chosen to serve the emperor.
I'm sure you'll make a mistake one day.
Don't say I didn't warn you when you're in trouble."
See the Thirteenth Brother Zhu Rui was ungrateful and had a bad temper.
"Yes, yes, my Thirteenth Master, I would like to thank you for your advice.
I have taken note of it.
If you have nothing else to do, please go back as soon as possible."
Zhu Rui said, pushing the Thirteenth Brother.
"Really remember it."
Brother Thirteen said, opened the door and disappeared into the night.
Zhu Rui did not hold the lamp anymore, took off his clothes and lay down, thinking about the words of the Thirteenth Brother, it was true that Kangxi was angry, and it must have been caused by the prince.
As for the reason, I am afraid it is not that simple, otherwise why would he let Suo'etu leave from the capital?
He came all the way and was so angry that he left the sick prince alone and continued his tour of the south.
After a day of anxiety and high levels of nervousness, Zhu Rui now relaxed and fell asleep after a while.
The next day, Kangxi ignored the pleas of Sibeile and Thirteenth Brother and continued to move forward with a large force, all the way to Jinan.
It wasn't until this moment that Zhu Rui really started to feel a little excited.
The team switched from water to land and walked all the way to the foot of Mount Tai.
They had no time to pay attention to the reception by local officials and other matters.
They could only think about the scene later in the day when the Thirteenth Prince would worship Mount Tai on behalf of the emperor.
Only when the thirteenth prince climbed Mount Tai did Zhu Rui realize that she had no part in it.
This time, the thirteenth prince climbed Mount Tai alone, and the others were just waiting at the foot of the mountain.
When Kangxi's imperial edict came down, the bamboo basket withered.
I thought I could come out for a change of air, but in fact it was just a change from the palace to the cabin.
The one who really relaxed was the master.
She, a little palace maid, was still serving people's lives.
In the temporary residence, Kangxi was sitting upright in front of the case, reading a book, which Zhu Rui always admired.
When Kangxi was reading, he would always sit upright, unlike himself, who was either crooked or leaning on his back, as if he had no bones in his body.
His mother had told him a lot about this at first, but she had never been able to change this problem.
Mom, I haven't mentioned this word for a long time.
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The last time I remembered it was how long ago it was.
It was so long that I was a little scared, as if I was drifting away from the modern world and there would never be time to go back.
If you fall into this other space, in your original world, will your parents still be there waiting for you to go back?
"Zhu Rui, Zhu Rui" Li Dequan's voice brought Zhu Rui back to reality.
She looked doubtfully, but she saw Li Dequan's eyes looking straight at Kangxi, and her palms suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
At this moment, she was standing in front of Kangxi.
It's worth it.
If you are not careful, you will have to pay for the meal.
Especially in the past few days, Kangxi must have been unhappy because of the prince's affairs.
How could he hit the muzzle at this time?
"What are you thinking about?
You are so absorbed."
Looking at Kang Xi, he didn't look angry.
Zhu Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still didn't dare to be careless.
"Returning to the emperor, I have never been to Mount Tai.
I lost my mind for a moment and asked the emperor to punish me."
As he said this, Zhu Rui knelt down.
"That's the case, I think Old Thirteen will be thirsty later, so you can send some mountain springs."
Kangxi said casually without taking his eyes off the scroll.
The water-delivery bamboo basket blinked.
If she understood correctly, Kangxi meant that he had to climb up to deliver water to Brother Thirteen.
With his small body, not to mention that he could not keep up with Thirteen's flying speed, even if he could climb up, he would still be able to deliver water.
Say it differently.
What kind of joke is Kangxi kidding?
Zhu Rui glanced at Li Dequan, only to see that Li Dequan had made a "stone statue" with all his eyes and nose, and had no intention of responding to her.
Zhu Rui felt bitter in his heart, but he could only say: "Yes, slave, I obey. " Zhu Rui stood up and was about to leave, but he heard Kang Xi say: "Zhu Rui, take a few steps quickly, otherwise you will not be able to catch the thirteenth brother."
This was the first time that Zhu Rui heard Kangxi call her name.
The calmness made her heart move.
Zhu Rui felt blessed and said softly: "Yes."
She resigned.
Kangxi was right, Zhu Rui hurried to the foot of the mountain, but heard the guard at the foot of the mountain say that the Thirteenth Brother had already gone up.
Fortunately, he didn't walk for long, and the bamboo tube was helpless.
He carried the bamboo tube filled with mountain spring water and was protected by two guards.
He also climbed up with a "righteous and awe-inspiring" look.
Fortunately, he was not wearing flower pot bottoms now, otherwise He could even imagine the "miserable" end.
After driving for more than half an hour, there was no sign of Brother Thirteen.
Zhu Rui sighed in his heart, what did Brother Thirteen eat when he grew up?
He was already driving at full speed, but he couldn't even see a shadow. .
A guard beside him saw that Zhu Rui was panting and sweating, and said: "Girl, if you can't hold on, please rest first.
I will help you chase the Thirteenth Master."
Zhu Rui shook his head and said: "The emperor has ordered me to personally deliver the spring water to the Thirteenth Master.
How dare I be lazy?
Brother, the guard, don't worry about me.
Just rush on at full speed."
Seeing Zhu Rui's insistence, the guard said nothing more and only carefully protected Zhu Rui and kept moving forward.
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Although Zhu Rui said it nicely, he had already scolded Thirteenth Brother one thousand eight hundred times in his heart.
Frankly speaking, if he caught up with him, he would definitely be good-looking.
At the same time, he was shouting in his heart that his legs hurt and he was out of breath.
If he looked at him again, There was no sign of Brother Thirteen, and I was afraid that I really couldn't walk.
"That girl in front of you is not the Thirteenth Master," a guard with sharp eyes said loudly.
When Zhu Rui heard "Thirteenth Master", he didn't care about the soreness in his legs and hurriedly accelerated his pace.
Although the figure above was a little blurry, the banished immortal with flying white coats was not the ten people Zhu Rui "wanted to see through".
Third elder brother "Hurry and call him," Zhu Rui said hurriedly when he saw that the figure in front of him was about to disappear again.
After hearing this, the two guards shouted loudly: "Master Thirteen, Master Thirteen, Master Thirteen, stay here."
Taishan has been sealed from the foot of the mountain, and now it is at a high place.
Any sound can be heard clearly.
The two of them didn't shout a few times before Zhu Rui saw the figure in front of him paused and seemed to turn around and look at him.
Zhu Rui couldn't walk any longer, so he sat down on the big rock nearby, panting.
The two guards saw that Zhu Rui was no longer going up, and how could they dare to let the Thirteenth Brother condescend to come and treat their slaves?
One guard stayed beside Zhu Rui, while the other guard ran up to greet the Thirteenth Brother.
Not long after, the thirteenth elder brother came over and saw Zhu Rui still panting aside.
He took the bamboo tube from Zhu Rui's hand, opened the lid, brought it to Zhu Rui's mouth, and said, "Drink some water first."
The bamboo basket really couldn't resist the temptation of the mountain spring.
I took a small mouthful, and my throat and mouth suddenly felt cool and moist, which was extremely comfortable.
He stopped drinking from the mountain spring and said, "This is the mountain spring water given to the Thirteenth Master by the Emperor.
I dare not drink it anymore."
The thirteenth elder brother smiled and put the lid on, and said to the two guards, "You two stay here, this maid will also serve me a drink of water, please follow me up."
The two guards did not dare to refute the prince's words.
Zhu Rui, on the other hand, had a sad face, but since there were other people around, he couldn't say anything, so he respectfully said "yes" and continued to climb up with Brother Thirteen.
When he turned around and couldn't see the two guards anymore, Zhu Rui said: "You climb your mountain.
My water has been delivered to you.
Why are you dragging me along?"
"Look at how you can talk back to me on weekdays.
Why are you so weak?
Today, since I have the opportunity to climb mountains and exercise your muscles, how can I let you go?"
The thirteenth brother stood up and handed the water to him. , "There's no one else around now.
Let's drink some more.
It looks like I'm really tired of you.
I can't help but catch up with you."
Zhu Rui was not polite to him.
There was indeed smoke in his throat, but after all, the mountain spring water was a bit cold.
Zhu Rui only held it in his mouth and swallowed it slowly.
After two sips, he did not dare to drink anymore.
Brother Thirteen saw that the bamboo bowl stopped drinking, so he took the bamboo bowl himself, took two big sips, closed the lid, and said: "Walk slowly, it's not far ahead, we'll be there in about half an hour." " Zhu Rui breathed a long sigh of relief and lost all the energy to argue.
He weakly said: "Leave me here and go up alone.
The emperor originally wanted you to go to Mount Tai to sacrifice alone."
Brother Thirteen refused and said, "How can I safely leave you here alone?
Why don't you wait a moment and I'll go down and ask the two guards to come up and guard you."
With that, he walked down two steps.
Zhu Rui hurriedly grabbed him and said, "I know you have good physical strength, but you don't want to use it like this."
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Knowing that the Thirteenth Brother would not let him go alone, Zhu Rui was cruel and stood up and said, "I'd better follow you up.
There’s no point in climbing halfway up and then turning back down.”
Brother Thirteen looked at it and said worriedly: "Your body can still handle it."
"You're not looking down on me," Zhu Rui said with a smile, "Let's go quickly.
I've wasted a lot of time, but don't miss the main business."
The Thirteenth Brother took Zhu Rui's hand and climbed the steps without looking back: "It's not that I haven't learned the defense between men and women.
I will prepare a bamboo stick for you before coming up next time."
Zhu Rui smiled and looked at Thirteenth Brother's red ears.
Instead of teasing him like before, he turned his hand and intertwined his fingers and said, "It saves energy this way."
With the Thirteenth Brother taking him, the speed was much slower than before.
Zhu Rui felt less tired than before, but at the end of the trip, he only had to rely on the Thirteenth Brother to support his back.
If you can walk, it seems like your body needs some exercise.
Standing in front of the Nantian Gate, seeing the Jade Emperor's Summit already in sight, the bamboo basket stood first.
Brother Thirteen saw the bamboo basket stopped and asked, "If you can't walk anymore, let's take a rest first."
Zhu Rui shook his head and said, "You have to walk the rest of the way by yourself."
Brother Thirteen looked at Zhu Ji in confusion, and Zhu Ji continued: "There is no one who has ever sacrificed to Mount Tai on behalf of the emperor, and I am afraid it will be unprecedented.
Thirteen, this is your history, and it is up to you to write it completely." it."
"But I hope you are here in this history."
Thirteenth Brother said, still holding Zhu Rui's arm.
"I wanted to send it to you in a few days, so I'll send it out in advance while it's convenient."
Zhu Rui took out the braided tassels from his purse and handed them to the Thirteenth Brother.
The process of weaving was not complicated, but it took me a while to think about how to make it look.
Brother Thirteen took the tassel, looked at it, and said, "What a smart Luozi, you made it."
"The style is a bit simple, just with good intentions."
Zhu Rui said softly.
"Why, I still have a reputation."
Brother Thirteen casually took the flute and hung it up, swung it twice, and said with a smile.
"It's called Xiangyunjie."
Zhu Ji paused and said, "What you are like now is like burning oil and flowers.
No matter how many auspicious words you say, it will look white.
This knot means freedom, good luck, and blessing.
Peace, I'm afraid it's a bit dull, if you don't like it, just reward it casually."
Brother Thirteen put away the flute, rubbed Zhu Rui's head, and said, "Now, you are the only one who would say such a thing to me."
Zhu Rui pushed Brother Thirteen and said, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."
Brother Thirteen said nothing more, nodded with a smile, turned around and climbed up, his figure was light and brisk, and after a while, he could no longer see his figure clearly.
Zhu Rui was a little depressed.
If he hadn't dragged him down earlier, I'm afraid he would have been down the mountain for a while now.
Thinking like this, he became more determined to start exercising after returning to the palace.
Zhu Rui casually sat down on the stone steps, pulled some withered grass and scratched on the ground, resting while waiting for the thirteenth brother to come down from the top of the mountain.
We had been climbing a mountain and sweated a lot.
Besides, the temperature at the top of the mountain was not very high.
Now that we had rested, we didn’t feel it at first.
But as we went up, we started to feel the chill.
As soon as his body became warm, Zhu Rui turned around and saw Brother Thirteen untiing his outer coat and putting it on himself.
The Thirteenth Brother held down his clothes with both hands, put his arms around Zhu Rui's shoulders, and said, "Go back."
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Zhu Rui smiled lightly and responded to him: "Yes."
Zhu Ji didn't know how Brother Thirteen offered sacrifices to Mount Tai, what he said, or what he did, but looking at his increasingly clear and bright eyes, and his high-spirited appearance, something seemed to be quietly changing.
It should be good, Zhu Rui thought, and inadvertently pursed his lips.
The process of going down the mountain was much smoother than going up the mountain.
When he was about to see the two guards, Zhu Rui took off the thirteenth brother's coat and gave it back to him.
Although he was just a low-level bodyguard, he was still from Kangxi after all.
He shouldn't be seen, so it was better to be safe.
At the foot of the mountain, the two guards resigned.
The thirteenth elder brother returned to Kangxi with Zhuji to resume his life.
Kangxi was considerate and asked Zhu Rui to go back to the house to change clothes and return to duty later.
The thirteenth brother was left in Kangxi's room for questioning.
Of course, Zhu Rui didn't know what he was talking about.
At this moment, she just wanted to put a hot towel on her face, change into dry clothes, and lie down for a while.
In the evening, the imperial driver returned to Luan and placed him in the palace.
Not long after dinner, Zhao Cheng came to call Zhu Rui and said that Li Shuda had asked Zhu Rui to come forward and serve.
Zhu Rui quickly adjusted her clothes and followed Zhao Cheng over.
They changed positions quietly, and the bamboo basket stood aside, ready for instructions.
Kangxi was wearing a Yuanqing robe and reading in front of the case.
The candlelight on the desk flickered.
This atmosphere made Zhu Rui feel sleepy.
"Zhu Rui, today your wish has been fulfilled."
Kangxi's voice sounded, and Zhu Rui suddenly lost any sleepiness.
She hurriedly took a step forward and said, "I would like to thank you, Your Majesty."
Kangxi paused for a while and then said: "It's time to catch up with the Thirteenth Brother."
Hearing Kangxi mention this matter, the smile in Zhu Rui's voice became stronger and he said: "To return to the emperor, I and the two guards rushed for more than an hour and finally caught up with the Thirteenth Master."
Kangxi groaned, and there was no more movement.
Silence returned to the room, with only the occasional popping sound of candle wicks.
Recalling all the events of climbing Mount Tai with Thirteenth Brother during the day, the bamboo basket suddenly gave rise to a feeling: I wish the years would be peaceful. , the current world is stable
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